CHICAGO--The American Dental Association and the L.D. Pankey Dental Foundation have announced a new initiative, the ADA-Pankey Education Connection, under which the two organizations will develop continuing education programming for dentists.
Initially, the collaborative effort calls for the Florida-based Pankey Foundation and the ADA to provide CE programming at the ADA Annual Session, the ADA New Dentist Conference and regional dental conferences. Additionally, the joint effort allows the two organizations to explore other avenues to deliver continuing education programming, including the Internet and podcasts.
As part of the relationship, the organizations will establish an Advisory Group to review and revise current Pankey CE programs, and develop new content. According to ADA Executive Director James Bramson, D.D.S., one goal for this group is to ensure there is programming of interest to serve a diverse population of dentists, including non-owner dentists in private practice and community health dentists.
"The ADA is committed to continuing education for dentists across all dental occupations," said Dr. Bramson. "I'm particularly excited by the ADA-Pankey Education Connection because of their strong reputations, and commitment to quality and innovative learning experiences."
"We are eager to launch this program and very interested in ensuring that new dentists gain insight from the experiences we've derived over the last 34 years," said Christian Sager, executive director of the L.D. Pankey Dental Foundation. "We're very pleased for the opportunity to work with the ADA to refine CE programs especially for young dentists."
The ADA-Pankey Education Connection also provides price reductions for ADA member new graduates to attend Pankey Institute programming at its continuing education center in Florida.
In the first year following their graduation from dental school (or completion of a post-doctoral program), ADA member dentists will receive a 20 percent tuition reduction and 50 percent lodging reduction, and will be offered an i-CONNECT laptop (including Pankey materials) for $395.
Price reductions for ADA member recent graduates in their second year following dental school graduation are 10 percent tuition and 25 percent lodging.
For more information about the ADA-Pankey Education Connection, visit www.ada.org or www.pankey.org.
